Adam Grant Quotes

Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.

Adam Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 13, 1981

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When I was in Mexico and started to dream in Spanish, I knew that was a good sign that I was learning the language. It was cool.

Andrea Navedo

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Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.

Ann Oakley

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I am deeply sorry that people got sick from eating at our restaurants. It's the worst thing that can happen.

Steve Ells

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I do believe that for me, my own personal journey has been one in which my voice has also been appreciated.

Sterling K. Brown

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My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important.

Tom Hanks

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I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop and I think that such a film is now urgently needed.

Jose Padilha

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When we used to walk to school, I used to read off the walls, graffiti and stuff, everything. I used to write stories, but I'd never finish them. I wrote poems.

Jorja Smith

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I love to do glamorous things, like wear Valentino.

Debra Messing

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The one-word story about why I have a chip on my shoulder is 'bullying.'

Chris Gethard

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A dark, fantastic adventure set in an alternate 1900s Asia, 'Monstress' is buried deep in the supernatural. It's a story I've wanted to tell for a long time - it just took me awhile to put all the pieces together.

Marjorie Liu

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As a kid, the only time I used to get out at night when I was in 9th and 10th standard. The only time I had permission to go out at night was during Navratri because we all used to go play dandiya and garba.

Kriti Kharbanda

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Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult.

Kim Gordon

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